stingrayPete1977

Jobs a good un then, I couldnt find anything suitable near me when I bought my Gedo, moseley violins didnt stock anything under a few grand back then, I would have almost certainly had the eastman they stock and had them do the setup for me. I guess these shops are realising the cheaper end but proper decent playable basses are becoming in demand right now!

You know it makes sense Serial came back as May 5th 2010 on mine drT so just a bit older than yours but still early, birds eye neck and confirmed as tobacco not retro burst.

That sounds like a fair deal and a good chance to see if you really bond with the bass then EDIT just to ask, are there no credit checks on it then? what is to stop you from taking the bass and not returning it?

After years of muscle memory from playing a fretted note in one area of the neck even if you ripped the frets out of the same bass just playing all the notes 1/2 inch further up the neck would feel different never mind a different bass, that said a J fretted and J fretless will feel more similar than say a J fretted and a MM fretless obviously, just looking at the lines on that fretless Squire is making my intonation go pear shaped as I would try and [b][i]fret [/i][/b]the note rather than [b][i]stop[/i][/b] the note on the line if you get what I mean?, it was not until I started on DB that I began to understand why some people dont like a lined neck.

Looking at online prices £70 pm over two years sounds too cheap unless there is a massive final payment? EDIT found the 80 series at Moseley violins so it depends exactly what model you end up with IMO

Hhhmmm how much are they to buy? By my rough calcs you could buy a Gedo like mine after 12 months of the rental plan £840 ( Mine cost a grand with the extras and postage but you can still get a half carved one £840 including postage I think, just) If you wanted to sell it on later I cant see it being worth less than £500 ever probably more if it had nice strings and a good setup etc. 18 months interest free credit card £70 per month paid back would give you £1260 to spend and give you international purchase protection if buying from abroad,

[quote name='bakerster135' timestamp='1407249545' post='2518757'] See, to me that's "clank"!... [/quote] +1 and the Gibson Gripper beats them both for it IMO yet they were never as popular?!

The ceramic mm pup but with a series, parallel or single coil switch, so a pre 2008 post 1993 stingray five then

I agree with all of that bass in my face, I don't need to do any of the things I'm currently learning and I have no intention of being a pro, I haven't got the ability anyway, i could maybe hold my own in a reasonable function band on electric bass (I have before) but I couldn't go for any upright jobs beyond jam night level. I can't think of any pro players I have met that have made a proper living purely from a single genre of music never mind a single technique? I suspect the Jack of all trades players get more calls than the guy with the killer floating thumb!

This topic came up with Jake during my lesson, it's a tricky one and we have some members in the electric section who have decided that playing a P bass over the pickup with a pick is it for them but for me that only works in original music, if you want to play various genres some degree of at least a few techniques is vital IMO. This becomes harder on double bass because I could improve my pick playing loads within a few Weeks should I join a punk band for instance, getting to orchestral standard with the misery stick is very very unlikely to ever be in my skill set! Tricky one really.

I've been looking for book just like that! Off to oder one.... thanks bassace

No but I could do with it rather than the 6 packets of crisps I eat a day! Lol

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1407186583' post='2518251'] Lol I'm tempted to adopt this as a stage name! [/quote] Could work well as a Rock and Roll/Burlesque name too? " Smokin' Hot Petti Bickerin' "

2+3 is 6 then, imo obviously, maths experts might disagree. 51 P basses were released in 1948, WW2 began in 1764 and they had lazer guns....

[quote name='Kirky' timestamp='1407186202' post='2518239'] Actually what you really want is [i]fewer[/i] players inspired by Kim... Sorry if that's construed as bickering. I see it as education. Having read all this I'd hate to think what Dingus thinks of the player I nominated in an earlier post - she makes KD sound like Jaco. [/quote] It doesnt matter, the op wanted to know your "favourite" female bass players were.

I suppose I might aswel be first to say if there are any other members looking for present ideas an hours beginner lesson with a local tutor will be money well spent, lol

Ah Petty Bickering, she wrote some great funky disco lines in the early 80s

That sounds just the job then, there are plenty of knowledgeable double bassists on here to help him with further diagnosis of it, im not one of them though, lol If anyone else is after birthday ideas for him the Rufus Reid book "the evolving bassist" is essentially our bible around these parts and on the bookshelf of most members here

Ha thanks Roger, I think there are a few interesting moments technique wise and a few extra 5ths below! Glad I went for it though and never looked back really

Everyone of these basses are awesome to look at just in different ways, electric basses are boring now to me in comparison, double basses are like works of art!

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1407179487' post='2518133'] I thought Inti was O.K. You clown whores never gave him a fair chance because he didn't speak English as his first language and couldn't resist the chance to bully him off Basschat . He was a good bass player too, judging by his YT videos. I'm not that bad a player myself either, Pete. [/quote] Thats where you and him differ from me then, I dont judge on good or bad playing really as I prefer enjoy or didnt enjoy. I dont enjoy Mark King's music but he is a good proficient player, just doesnt get me going like a nice simple Kris Novoselic bass line for example.

[quote name='tonyxtiger' timestamp='1407175539' post='2518087'] Are there winners in art forms now? If one person gets a fuzzy feeling when listening to the dexterity and technique of a song that has been written from the music school rule book, surely there will be others who get the same happy feeling from what pixies do, on the basis that pixies and Kim deal are average untalented etc etc. Surely it's all opinion or have we decided that a schooled "talented" musician is always better? To me some incredibly able jazz players fall into the Eric Morcambe camp of "all the right notes, not necessarily in the right order" I also think flea is awful but I'm ready for lots of people to correct me on that one. [/quote] Have you given soul to squeeze a proper listen?

Dingus has been possessed by Inti Mahesh! £5 coming my way?

I haven't heard of half of the players Dingus is spouting about but I know every player I met with similar views against anyone they didn't enjoy listening too was a terrible player themselves, not in their own opinion obviously, just sayin'

You could see if the seller can play it for you, if he can't there is a good chance your boy friend will be stood there trying to sell it himself unable to play it in a few years time too. On the other hand if the seller can get a tune out of it then it might be ok as a starter bass.